After the Bikochu mission, Naruto and Hinata finally realize their true love for each other. But what hapens when a jealous angry Sakura tries to have Hinata killed, leading to a deadly confrontation? How will Naruto react to it? NaruHina, hinted NaruSaku

Before Naruto and team 8 made back to the village, Naruto was walking with his head down most the entire trial back

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Before Naruto and team
8 made back to the village, Naruto was walking with his head down
most the entire trial back. Shino and Kiba didn't say much because
they didn't really know what to say.

Hinata kept looking
over back and forth at Naruto the entire time. All she could think
about was how sad she felt for Naruto. The entire mission was her
idea; Naruto had dreamed for so long of finally finding a way to
track down Sasuke; they had the mission won; they had the Bikochu
right where they wanted it and were only two hairs away from
finishing the job……. and they still failed. Naruto felt like it
was all his fault.

"Umm….
Na-Na-Naruto…." Hinata finally spoke to him.

Naruto turned his head
to her. "Huh? Hinata?" he said.

"You….. you're
not still….." Hinata tried to find the courage to say something
to make him feel better. "I mean, I'm just….. I hope you're
not still upset."

"What?" Naruto was
surprised by how worried Hinata seemed.

Naruto tried to put a
big smile on his face. "Oh don't worry Hinata! It's not your
fault" he said. "I'll be okay."

Hinata acted surprised,
but wasn't convinced at all.

"I mean things
happen, right?" Naruto tried to stay positive. "We'll always
get more chances after this. I'm sure by tomorrow we'll all just
have a good laugh about this!"

"Ye….yeah!"
Hinata tried to smile back. "I sure hope so."

But Naruto still sighed
as his smile disappeared. He still felt blue because he still felt
too guilty.

Hinata meanwhile was
thinking back to the rest of the mission: about Naruto groping and
hugging her in excitement, how close they were when she ran into him
at the hospital, him almost seeing her nude in the river that night,
how determined he was to rescue her from the others, her waking up in
his arms after defeating all the bugs. They all made her blood race
in confusion and excitement. She kept blushing and smiling about him
the entire trip.

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"YOU DID WHAT?!"

Sakura heard about the
mission; that Naruto accidentally farted in the bikochu before it
could catch Sasuke's scent. Now Sakura was on her rampage chasing
Naruto through the village to beat his lights out.

"I told you, I'm
sorry Sakura!" Naruto shouted. He was running for his life.

Despite his efforts to
run, Sakura caught up to him at one point and pounded him hard in the
head.

"I'm never gonna
forgive you for this Naruto! Never!" Sakura screamed white-eyed and
angry.

"I said I'm sorry!"
Naruto cried.

As she continued to
chase him, Naruto ran faster and faster. He jumped from building to
building hoping to lose her, but Sakura stayed right on his trial,
determined to kill him.

Naruto ran around the
corner of one building and created a shadow clone. The clone
continued to run, while Naruto focused his chakra to his feet and ran
up the side of the building. Down below Sakura chased the clone
Naruto.

Naruto reached the top
of the building, and collapsed. He held his arm to his stomach hoping
to regain his composure. He was out of breathe. He was breathing hard
trying to figure out why Sakura was so mad and why shy won't
listen.

But before he knew it,
he recognized a shadow looming over him.

Sakura was ontop of the
roof, staring at Naruto with her white eyes, her angry face and her
fists. Naruto just looked at her in shock.

"Gimmie a break
Sakura!" he yelled with a frown. "How long are you gonna keep
this up?!"

"NarUTO! I'm gonna
DESTROY you, you bastard!" Sakura just yelled.

She immediately ran
towards him and tried to punch him. Using all his strength, Naruto
leaped up to dodge it and run. He jumped off the building as far as
could, Sakura jumping right behind him.

"Sakura STOP!"
Naruto yelled. "Why won't you listen to me?!"

"You're the one who
ruined the mission Naruto!" Sakura just screamed. "NO! I'm not
gonna stop!"

Naruto couldn't
believe this. Normally by now, Sakura would've let all her anger
out and left Naruto alone; but she was just too anger, too selfish,
too hateful and disrespectful to stop.

She continued to chase
Naruto down an alley. Naruto finally decided this was getting
ridiculous. He was on his last leg, out of energy.

Naruto created one
shadow. Running together, the two Narutos began putting their hands
together to form the enormous blue spinning ball; the 4th
Hokage's jutsu.

Sakura looked and
gasped out loud.

Naruto, with the small
rasengan in his hand screeched to a halt, thinking Sakura was still
running right behind him, he spun around to thrust it out!

"RASENGAN!"
he yelled.

But by the time he did,
it was too late.

Sakura had already
stopped, frozen in shock eyes wide open and jaw-dropped! Her and
Naruto were standing a great distance away from each other now. She
stared at Naruto in shock and disbelief that Naruto wanted to use
that on her!

Naruto just glared at
her with a frown, breathing heavily, out of breath, still holding the
rasengan out in front of him.

"Well? What are you
waiting for?" Naruto said. "Aren't gonna attack? Beat me into a
bloody pulp, just like you wanted to?"

Sakura still stared
shocked.

"Naruto?" she
whispered.

Finally the rasengan
dissipated.

"Well?!"
Naruto shouted, still standing his ground.

"I didn't mean…"
Sakura began to cry. "I didn't mean it like that Naruto! Did you
really have to go that far!" she shouted.

"You said yourself
Sakura you wanted to kill me!" Naruto yelled. "All because of a
stupid mistake I made on the mission, and after I said I'm sorry
and begged you to forgive me!" he cried outloud. "If I can't
convince you, all just have to defend myself then!"

The wind blew in the
area between where Sakura and Naruto were standing.

"Naruto I'm sorry."
Sakura pleaded with a frown.

"Things happen
Sakura!" Naruto said.

"Yeah" Sakura said.
"And they always happen to YOU, Naruto!"

Sakura ran away, about
to put her face in her hands crying.

Naruto just stood there
all alone now. Still breathing hard, he finally sat down by the
wooden fence to catch his breath. He couldn't believe what he had
just done; being pushed to the edge, to prepare to defend himself in
a fight against her?! He to finally broke into tears.

"Why Sakura?"

Naruto was angry that
Sakura would go to such extremes. He cared for Sakura but she didn't
care for him. But Sakura had reminded Naruto of what he felt earlier:
that the Bikochu mission WAS a failure. And that it was HIS fault.
Why does he always have to screw up? And after they've come so
close?

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That same afternoon,
Hinata was at her home with the Hyuga family.

"So the mission was a
failure huh?" Hinata's father asked.

"Yes" Hinata said.
"But it's okay. All that means is that we'll try better and
train harder next time." She smiled.

"I sure hope so"
Neji said. "You all sound like you did extremely well and came so
close."

"Yes" Hinata
answered. "Thank you."

But Hinata looked down.
Still I wonder how bad Naruto is still feeling, Hinata thought to
herself. He was so upset, despite how well we did and how close we
came. I only wish I could've had more to say to make him feel
better.

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Naruto finally went
home that night. He tried everything he could to go to sleep, but he
couldn't. He had too many things on his mind. The failed mission
with team 8. All the times he and Hinata had out there. About how
disappointed everyone was. He couldn't believe he finally reached
the point where he'd have to attack Sakura…….his own
teammate…... the girl he had a crush on for so long…… who all
he wanted was for her to like him, even though she always through it
in his face and beat him. Who was of now help to Naruto when he got
back from the missions.

Realizing he couldn't
sleep, Naruto finally got out of bed. He went for a walk into the
night.

TO BE CONTINUED

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